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Marriage, Personal Finances, & Parenting. What do these have in common?

25/4/2012

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I've been replaying in my mind an insightful comment from one of the participants at my February workshop (thanks Fiona!)  Her question was why was it that the 3 most important things in life - marriage, personal finances, and parenting we were never "taught" how to do?

Interesting question and one which I've since played back to a few people who all seem to agree that the general approach is to either "bumble along" or to "wing it"!  Clearly there must be a better way to really excel in these important areas of our life!

Amazing, but since then, I have come across 2 people in my network who have parenting businesses - Erin Kurt at Erinparenting.com and Kerri Summers at TheParentCompany.co.uk and another one is planning on starting one up.  I also have a university friend, Bruce Sellery, who has written a book and has a personal finances business - moolala.ca Why smart people do dumb things with their money.  

Finally, I've also been so encouraged by all the positive feedback and support I've received thus far.  Here's to upskilling in areas of our life that mean so much to us!
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Ken
29/4/2012 11:26:05 am

Hi, I just read your blog and would like to disagree with your opinion that the 3 most important things in Life are marriage, parenting and personal finances-WOW-wait a minute, the most important things in life are very subjective and relative.One man's meat is another man's poison, even if you take the average, those will not be the 3 most important.
To me, the 3 most important things in Life are 1.Good health.2.Family.3.Living resources.
Without good health, you wont be able to enjoy your marriage or even be a good parent.
I suppose you meant the 3 most important things in life according to Lisa Chin?

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Lisa
29/4/2012 07:54:20 pm

Hi Ken - thanks for your post. You are absolutely right and as the saying goes "without health we don't have anything". So true and so important that we look after and strive for good health as best we can. Interesting, but one of the comments that I had from a friend was that we also don't tend to be taught alot about nutrition and diet - a key component of health. Perhaps it would have been better stated as 3 very important areas of life - as it is absolutely subjective as well as dynamic reflecting different stages of your life! Thanks for sharing your Top (or very important) 3!

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    Lisa Chin-A-Young is Co-Founder of The Marriage Development Company which reapplies business strategy and frameworks to home life.  Lisa's career spans almost 20 years in the corporate world and strategy consulting, across 4 continents.  Most recently she is also Associate Lecturer at the Open University Business School and Councillor at Great Ormond Street Hospital.  Lisa lives in Central London and is thrilled to be Mario's wife and mum to Sebastian & Valentina.

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